Wednesday, August 24, 2011

What did I do today??...Survive an earthquake!! We're visiting my Dad in Philly for a few days and decided to take a day trip to Atlantic City. We were in a gift shop on the boardwalk when the quake hit. TJ and I felt the floor vibrating and saw one of the shelves shaking, we wondered what was up but didn't think much of it. When we left the store we overheard lots of people talking about an earthquake, but it still didn't register. Tim finally decided to ask someone what they were talking about and they told us about the earthquake... 5.8 magnitude and the epicenter was in Virginia! We were shocked. Tim and my Dad didn't feel anything on the boardwalk, but a lot of people on the beach felt it and they had evacuated some of the stores. I never thought I'd experience an earthquake, guess now I don't have to add that to my bucket list (smile).

No layout today since I'm away, but here's a couple of photos from our little trip.

Monday, August 22, 2011

It's blog hop time over at Christian Paper Crafts. This month's theme is "Back to School". My layout is of my son on his first day of school in 7th grade, 2 years ago. He'll be starting high school this September. Time sure does fly.

Come join us on the Christian Paper Crafts Blog Hop. The hop is open to members and non-members and there are some great prizes to be awarded. Just click here to get started. Make sure to go down to the bottom of the post so you don't miss any of the great projects.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Got Stars??!! You will with the LifeStyle Crafts Possibilities release Nesting Star dies. There are 8 star dies in this set, perfectly sized from teeny tiny to really big. On my layout today, I used 7 of the dies, from the smallest to the largest with a few sizes in between. The photo is of my son's baseball team, the Nationals, after they won 2nd place in the York County Little League Jr. Division Championships in June.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

It's time for a new Scrapbuggy challenge. This week's challenge is a card challenge and it's a simple one. Create a card using the sketch below. No twists or surprizes, use your own color scheme and elements.

Here's my card for some inspiration to get you started.

Supplies:

Sei Patterned Paper

Bazzill Cardstock

Ric Rac, Stickles

LC Nesting Lace Rectangles DC0164

LC﻿ Pop-Up Butterfly DP0104

Studio G Stamp

﻿To enter your card, go to the Scrapbuggy Challenge #6 blog post here and link your page using Mr. Linky at the bottom of the post by midnight EST September 4th. All entries will be entered into a drawing to win the exclusive Scrapbuggy Ladybug Border die. (Scrapbuggy dies can be cut with all the popular die cut machines.)

I hope you decide to join us in this challenge. I'd love to see what you create.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

If you are here for the ODBD Scripture Series 2 release, please scroll down one post.

Hi Everyone!!! You still have time to create a layout for the August Our Daily Bread Designs Let Your Light Shine Scrapbook Challenge. This month's challenge is to create a layout of any size using at least one number, one embellishment and Our Daily Bread Designs stamp(s). You can use a number in your title, your journaling, as a page element...wherever your creativity takes you. However, dating your page does not count as your number.

Today's layout is a 12 x 12 page of my husband and I enjoying a day at Busch Gardens. I decided to incorporate my number in my title so I used the number"4" instead of the word "for". My scripture is from the newly released Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Series 2 set. If you haven't seen this set yet, you can read all about it on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.

Monday, August 15, 2011

I'm excited to share a layout I made with the brand new Our Daily Bread Designs release, the customer favorites Scripture Series 2 and Scrolly Borders, which coordinate beautifully with the scriptures.! As part of the third year anniversary celebration, customers submitted their favorite Scriptures that they would like to use on a card or layout, and after much thought the winners were chosen and made into this special edition set.

For my layout I used a photo of my dad and me that was taken on Easter Sunday 2011 at the Bonefish Grill.

To see the full release, as well as samples made by the winners of the contest whose verses were chosen, and to hear their stories of why they chose the verse they did, please visit the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog! Also, the Design Team has created samples for your inspiration with these 2 new stamp sets. Be sure to stop by their blogs and check out their creativity. Here's the list of participants with links to their blogs.

There is hidden blog candy along the way, 3 $20 Gift certificates to the Our Daily Bread Designs store, so be sure to leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on August 17th on the Our Daily Bread Designs blog so check back to see if you're a winner.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Happy Thursday!! I am having so much fun creating with the dies from the Lifestyle Crafts Possibilities release. Today I'm using the Nesting Frame 4 set. I used 4 of the dies that come in this set, the largest 2 as a background for my photo and 2 of the smaller ones for my journaling block.

While going through my Mom's things after she passed ten years ago, I found a small photo album that belonged to her mother. The album contained photos of family members and friends that dated back to the early 1900's. Unfortunately I don't know who a lot of the people in the photos are, but I love looking at them as they give me a glimpse into my grandmother's life. The little album is falling apart and some of the photos have faded, but I decided to preserve that small piece of my past in an 8 x 8 scrapbook and pass it on to my son, who never got a chance to meet his great grandmother. The photo in today's layout is of my grandmother when she was a young woman, it was taken sometime in the late 1920's.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

We're in the second week of the August Our Daily Bread Designs Let Your Light Shine Scrapbook Challenge. With the start of the new school year right around the corner, we decided to have some fun playing with numbers. This month's challenge is to create a layout of any size using at least one number, one embellishment and Our Daily Bread Designs stamp. You can use a number in your title, your journaling, as a page element...wherever your creativity takes you. However, dating your page does not count as your number.

For this challenge I created a 12 x 12 layout, using a photo of my Dad and 3 of his friends at his 80th birthday party in January of 2009. My Dad is the 3rd from the left in the photo. I used a number in my title, in the strip to the left of the photo, in my journaling, and along the side of my journaling ticket. I used a scripture from Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 2 to accent my page. My embellishments are vintage buttons and a Tim Holtz Ornate Bookplate.

Friday, August 5, 2011

It's time for the August Gems of Inspiration Challenge over at Christian Paper Crafts.

This month’s inspirational gem is a seasonal one. Here in Virginia we are deep in the midst of summer and August is usually the hottest month of the year. Summer reminds me of lots of colors. Red, oranges, and yellows reflect the summer heat and teals, blues, and greens remind me of cooling waters. Red, white, and black reminds me of picnics and ants, and whites and tans remind me of sandy beaches.

Let this month's gem inspire you to create a layout incorporating the colors of summer. The layout can be any theme, whatever the summer colors inspire you to create.

I was inspired by this gem to create a 2 page layout using colors associated with cooling waters, something we need a lot of during the hot August days.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

For today's layout I decided to do something I usually don't do... I cropped my photos into a shape that's not a square or rectangle. I can't remember that last time I did that, but when I received the Nesting Diamond dies from the new Lifestyle Crafts Possibilities release, I realized that these dies would be great for cropping photos. I used the largest diamond for my photo mats and the next smaller size diamond to crop my photos. The photos are of my son playing basketball in 2009.

To enter your layout, go to the Scrapbuggy Challenge #5 blog post here and link your page using Mr. Linky at the bottom of the post by midnight August 14th. All entries will be enter into a drawing to win the Lifestyle Crafts Botanical Cupcake Liner. (Lifestyle Crafts dies can be cut with all the popular die cut machines.)

I hope you decide to join us in this challenge. I'd love to see what you create.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Seems like this summer is flying by. One more month and summer vacation will be over, the new school year will begin and we'll be back to our regular busy routine. That being said, it's the first of the month and that means there's a new release from Our Daily Bread Designs.

The August release is sew cute...it's all about sewing. Whether you're a seamstress or not, you'll love these stamps. The only sewing I do these days is on paper LOL, but I have really enjoyed working with this release. You can see all the new stamps at Our Daily Bread Designs.

For today's layout I used 2 stamps from the Sewn with Love set. The pin cushion, needle, and thread spool were cut with Quickutz dies. I used QK metal sheets for the needle and the pins, and I used pearls for the pin heads. I used the Sew Easy straight stitching head to evenly space my stitching around the stamped sentiment. The photos are of my friend Anjenic and me at our church's annual women's Christmas fellowship.

Our Daily Bread Designs is having an August release blog hop. The hop runs until tomorrow August 2, 8 PM EST and there will be prizes.Five blessed people will win $20.00 Gift Certificates for the purchase of any stamps in the ODBD Store. These certificates will be good for 6 months! You can check out all the details on the Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.